UN Fact-Finding Mission Seeks Extension, But Tehran’s Allies Could Force Termination

Members of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran take questions from reporters in this screenshot of a press briefing in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 18, 2024. (Courtesy UNTV)

U.N.-appointed international legal experts who investigated Iran’s suppression of a women’s rights movement that erupted in September 2022 are appealing for more time to do their work, but objections from Tehran’s allies could terminate their mission next month.